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CVE-2022-24680

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

A security link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Trend Micro Apex One as a Service, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services agents could allow a local attacker to create a mount point and leverage this for arbitrary folder deletion, leading to escalated privileges on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Trend Micro Apex One: 2019
• Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security: 10.0-sp1
• Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services: all versions

References

• https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000290464
• https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000290486
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-369/
• https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000290464
• https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000290486
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-369/

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